GRE Word List
EMETIC
an agent that induces vomiting
The meaning of the word emetic is an agent that induces vomiting.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |
| insolence | the quality or state of being insolent |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| acknowledge | to recognize the rights, authority, or status of |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| glean | to gather grain or other produce left by reapers |
| trident | a 3-pronged spear serving in classical mythology as the attribute of a sea god (such as Neptune) |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |